How To Install libopenalpr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenalpr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenalpr-dev
libopenalpr-dev is:
OpenALPR is an open source Automatic License Plate Recognition library written in C++. The library analyzes images and identifies license plates. The output is the text representation of any license plate characters found in the image.
This package contains the header files and static libraries used to link OpenALPR into another program.
There are three methods to install libopenalpr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenalpr-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenalpr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenalpr-dev
Install libopenalpr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenalpr-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenalpr-dev
Install libopenalpr-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenalpr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenalpr-dev
How To Uninstall libopenalpr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenalpr-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenalpr-dev
Uninstall libopenalpr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenalpr-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenalpr-dev
Remove libopenalpr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenalpr-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenalpr-dev
Remove libopenalpr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenalpr-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenalpr-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenalpr-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.